That hiring manager needs to be fired and prosecuted.
I informed our ethics people. The issue was far larger than my little corner in IT. It spanned the company. The CEO/Board fired the top 3 layers deep of HR, 2 layers of IT (should have been more), and countless middle managers in many departments. It was at a global company with over 15k employees. No one was prosecuted. The company didn’t want it public. and to the Indian propogandists, they know full well that paying for jobs is common practice in India and it has come to our shores.